Episode #18
Cat Totty on the nature, qualities and richness of discomfort
Welcome to Toads and Butterflies—a podcast about the difficult emotions, conversations and experiences that most of us would probably rather avoid. I’ve spent much of my life trying to create ease: smoothing over tension, keeping the peace and attempting to make discomfort disappear. More recently, I’ve become curious about what might be lost when we move away from it too quickly—and what we might discover if we can stay with it for just a little longer. For the first episode of this new season, I’m joined by CEO and co-founder coach Cat Totty. Together, we explore why an experience that feels tolerable—or even exciting—to one person can feel deeply uncomfortable to another. What happens when our head and our gut seem to be saying different things? Can we trust what we call instinct? How do we approach a difficult conversation without turning it into a confrontation? And what do we do when we find the courage to have that conversation—but nothing changes? This is a conversation about the many different shapes discomfort can take, and what might become visible when we begin to pay attention to it. With special thanks to Cat Totty https://www.cattotty.com / for the interview and to Shane Ivers for the music https://www.silvermansound.com/
